Coin-freed punch-ball machine.



A. 0.1 SAVAGE. GOIN F REED PUNCH BALL MACHINE.

Arrmoumn FILED firm 1, 1908.

' Patented 0ct..6,1908.

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Patented Oct, '6, 1908.

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f UNITED"STATESFATENT OFFIGE- ALIOK OLAUDIUS sAvAeE, or FINSBURY, oNDoN, ENGLAND, Assrenon TO SWEETMEAT AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LIMITED, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

corn-FRE PUNCH-BALL A HI E.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ALIOK CLAUDIUs sAv- AGE, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at Appold street, Finsbury, London,

England, have invented new and useful limrovements in or Relating to Coin-Freed unch-Ball Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to punch ball ma chines of the kind for which a Britishipatent was granted toH. S. Mills No.- 27054 of 1903, 1 and has for its object to rovide' novel means for causing the return oi the coin on a blow of redetermined force being given. j

ccording to my invention I'employ a money bucket, of the wellknown Everitt: type, provided with twocamsone dischargevertical'rod provided with springsand sliding:

in a fixed bracket in the machine; shouldthe force of the blow be sufficient to cause the wheel to turn to the predetermined, extent the lower end of the vertical rod actuates a pivoted lever and'causes one of the cams of the money bucket to" turn and thereby dis% charge the coin into thechute leading outside the apparatus. y

The vertically sliding ratchet bar or rod to which the punch-ball is connected by a cord or the like carries anarm adapted to bear against a tappet on a spring-actuated vertical rod sliding in afixed bracket in the casing. Thesaid rodfhas an arm atits lower end which operates the other camof the money bucket and should the blow struck be insufficient to cause the ratchet wheel to turn to the predetermined extent the coin passes to the coin receptacleof the machine. In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a rear view with the cover removed of the mechanism of coin-freed strength testing.

machines ofthe kind described in the specification of former patent No. 27054 of 1903 but having my improvements appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2,'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the coin bucket and of the mechanism connected therewith, and Fig. 4. is aview of the same device but showing the parts. in another Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1,1908. Serial'No. 435,980.

I Patented Oct. 6, 908.

a represents the case of the machine, I; is

the vertically sliding ratchet-bar or rod to which the punch-ball, not'shown in the drawing, is attached by means of the chain b and c is the ratchet-wheel which is actuated on the impact of the punch-ball with the so- .called impactboard, also not shown in the drawing, through i the neumatic device (I and rod e in connection t ierewith. All these parts areof known construction.

f is the usual coin chute and g is the bucket which, as hereinbefore described, is of the well-known Everitt, type but which is provided with the two camsh and i, the said two cams being hinged to the twoo posite sides of the dischargeopening of the ucket 'g at thefpoints h and 2' respectively.

j isthe cam or ta pet piece which is providedlupon the ratc et-wheel c and 7c is the arm withfwhich the said cam piece is designed to operate as hereinafter described and which is fixed upon the up er end of the rod Z mounted in the fixed bracliet m and engaging atits lower end with one end of the lever n pivoted at n and having its other end in engagementwith the arm it upon the cam h of the money-bucketg.

0 is the chute which extends from the money bucket to the outside of the apparatus and p is the ordinary coinreceptacle.

is the arm which is carried by the upper end ofthe ratchet-bar b and r is the ta pet piece provided upon the spring-actuate rod W, the lower end of which is formed with an arm 8 designed to make contact with an arm Vi upon the cam 71 of the money bucket g for the purpose hereinafter described.

. The apparatus operates as follows, that is to say, assuming that a coin A is introduced into thej'chute f in the usual way and the punch-ball is pulled downwards into the operative position so as to raise the ratchetbar I) the coin falls into the money bucket g in which it is retained by means of the two cams h and i as indicated in Fig. 3, the cam i being turned into the position shown in that figure by the lifting of the rod r by its spring due to the raising of the arm g out of contact with the tappet 1". If the ball be now punched so as to causeit to strike against the impact board the pneumatic device (I transmits the force of the blow to the ratchet wheel c in the known manner. Should the blow given to the ball be sufficient to cause the ratchet wheel to turn to such an extent that the cam j comes into contact with the up erside of the arm 75 and raises it, the rod Z is ifted so as to tilt the cam h and bring it into the position shown in Fig. 4 in which position the coin A is permitted to pass through the discharge opening in the money bucket g and is deflected by means of the guide-plate tintegral with the cam h into the discharge chute 0 by means of which it is conveyed outside the ap aratus.

If the blow given to t 1e puneh-ball is not suflicient to turn the ratchet-wheel 0 so as to cause it to raise the arm k to the necessary extent the cam h is not tilted into the position shown in Fig. 4 and the coin is discharged from the money bucket into the coin receptacle by the lifting of the cam i into the position shown in Fig. 1, this being effected by the rod i which is forced downwards by the arm 1 on the ratchet bar 5 when the latter is released on the punch-ball or bag striking the impact platform in the usual way.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said. invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-

1. In a coin actuated machine, the combination with a coin receiving chute, of a coin receptacle, and. a coin delivery chute, a pair of pivoted cams interposed between the coin receiving chute and the said receptacle and delivery chute located in the path of and adapted to support the coins, and independ ent mechanism for rocking said cams, to deliver the coin into said receptacle or said delivery chute, substantially as described.

2. In a coin actuated mechanism, the combination with a coin receiving chute, ofa pair of pivoted cams, having opposite portions for engaging the edges of a coin, and supporting the same, a coin receptacle, and a delivery chute located below said cams, and independent mechansims for rocking said cams to deliver the coin into said receptacle or said delivery chute, substantially as described.

3. In a coin actuated mechanism, the combination with a coin receiving chute, of a pair of oppositely disposed, movable devices adapted to receive and support a coin, the distance between said devices being less than the diameter of the coin, independent mechanisms connected to said movable devices, and a coin receptacle and a delivery chute located below said movable devices, substantially as described.

4. In a coin actuated machine, the combination with a coin receptacle, and a delivery chute having portions adjacent to said receptacle, a pair of pivoted. segmental cams arranged above said delivery chute and receptacle, and adapted to engage the edges of coins and support the same, when in normal position, the distance between the opposed surfaces of said cams being less than the diameter of the coins, and independent mechanisms for rocking said cams, and a coin chute for conducting coins to said cams, substantially as described.

5. In a coin actuated machine, the combination with a coin receiving chute, a pair of pivoted cams having opposed surfaces, arranged below said chute in relation thereto to engage the edges of coins and support the same, a coin receptacle and a delivery chute below said cams, independent actuating mechanisms for said cams, a rotary part having a projection thereon for operating one of said actuating mechanisms, and a longitudinally movable bar, having a part for operating the other of said actuating mechanisms, substantially as described.

6. In a coin actuated machine, the combination with a coin receiving chute, a pair of pivoted cams having opposed surfaces, arranged below said. chute in relation thereto to engage the edges of coins and support the same, a coin receptacle and a delivery chute below said cams, independent levers, for operating said cams to release the coin supported thereby, independent trip rods for actuating said levers and a tappet piece carried by each of said trip rods, and adapted to be operated by parts of the machine during the operation thereof, to deposit the coin in the said receptacle or in the delivery chute, substantially as described.

ALICK CLAUDIUS SAVAGE.

IVitnesses I C. G. REDFERN, A. ALBUTT. 

